2010 California Code
Unemployment Insurance Code
Chapter 6. Violations

13101.  (a) In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law, if
any individual makes a statement under Section 13040, 13041, or 13042
which results in a decrease in the amounts deducted and withheld
under this division, and as of the time the statement was made, there
was no reasonable basis for the statement, the individual shall pay
a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for the statement.
   (b) The department may waive, in whole or in part, the penalty
imposed under subdivision (a) if the taxes imposed with respect to
the individual under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of
Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the taxable year are
equal to or less than the sum of both of the following:
   (1) The credits against those taxes allowed by Sections 17052.1
through 17053.7 and Section 19002.
   (2) The payments of estimated tax which are considered payments on
account of those taxes.
   (c) Article 11 (commencing with Section 1221) of Chapter 4 of Part
1, relating to administrative appellate review, shall not apply to
the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subdivision
(a).
   (d) This section shall apply to acts and failures to act after
December 31, 1981.